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  \caption{No evidence of ex ante protection in China across alternative measures of corruption levels. All corruption measures are taken from Zhu (2017)} 
  \label{robust_exante_alt_corr_cn} 
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 & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textit{Dependent variable:}} \\ 
\cline{2-5} 
\\[-1.8ex] & \multicolumn{4}{c}{No. of investigations} \\ 
\\[-1.8ex] & (1) & (2) & (3) & (4)\\ 
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 Province's ties to incumbent GS & $-$0.725 & $-$0.592 & $-$0.699 & $-$0.466 \\ 
  & (0.447) & (0.459) & (0.406) & (0.392) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Corruption experience & 13.546$^{***}$ &  &  &  \\ 
  & (3.429) &  &  &  \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Anti-corruption campaign & 2.597 & 3.393 & 35.697$^{**}$ & 38.117$^{**}$ \\ 
  & (2.253) & (2.163) & (12.165) & (12.142) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Revenue (logged) & 1.804$^{**}$ & 1.447$^{*}$ & 0.413 & 0.938$^{*}$ \\ 
  & (0.688) & (0.629) & (0.356) & (0.428) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Population (logged) & $-$0.129 & 0.541 & 1.197$^{***}$ & 0.687 \\ 
  & (0.477) & (0.408) & (0.323) & (0.396) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Transfer from center (share of revenue) & 0.895 & 0.833 & 0.235$^{*}$ & 0.266$^{**}$ \\ 
  & (0.478) & (0.483) & (0.093) & (0.094) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Perceived corruption &  & 2.085 &  &  \\ 
  &  & (1.167) &  &  \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Recovered corrupt funds per Capita (log) &  &  & 1.531$^{**}$ &  \\ 
  &  &  & (0.508) &  \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Senior cadres disciplined per 10,000 public employees (log) &  &  &  & 0.201 \\ 
  &  &  &  & (0.396) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
 Constant & $-$19.555$^{**}$ & $-$21.753$^{**}$ & $-$40.192$^{**}$ & $-$44.847$^{**}$ \\ 
  & (6.593) & (7.515) & (15.179) & (15.350) \\ 
  & & & & \\ 
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Year FE & Yes & Yes & Yes & Yes \\ 
Observations & 505 & 505 & 602 & 602 \\ 
Adjusted R$^{2}$ & 0.671 & 0.659 & 0.644 & 0.633 \\ 
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\textit{Note:}  & \multicolumn{4}{r}{$^{*}$p$<$0.05; $^{**}$p$<$0.01; $^{***}$p$<$0.001} \\ 
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